Instrumented buoys

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)

Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic

Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as obtained by the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS in the Atlantic Ocean.

Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Radiolarians (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.

Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.

Satellite observation (GEOS-12) of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico - Source : NASA-NOAA

Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)

World ocean currents map

Amphipode crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Posters

Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.

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